[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Bodhisattva path, ethics and meditation manuals](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga) › [Bodhicaryāvatāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara) › [བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt) › 9 # བྱང་ཆབ་སམས་དཔའ་སྤྱད་པ་ལ་འཇག་པ 9 English (machine translation) 9 - **Language:** English ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.9) and to the stūpas I pay homage. / To the preceptors, the teachers, / and to the supreme practitioners of asceticism I pay homage. / Until I attain the heart of awakening, / I take refuge in the Buddhas; / likewise, I take refuge in the Dharma / and in the assembly of bodhisattvas. / To the perfectly enlightened Buddhas and the bodhisattvas / residing in all directions, / who possess great compassion, / joining my palms, I pray: / In beginningless saṃsāra, / in this lifetime or in other lifetimes, / whatever sin I have unwittingly committed, / or caused others to commit, / or, overcome by delusion and error, / whatever I have rejoiced in, / having perceived that fault, / from the depths of my heart, I confess it to the protectors. / Whatever harm I have caused with body, speech, and mind / driven by afflictions / toward the Three Jewels, / parents, or spiritual masters, / and whatever extremely terrible sin / I, a sinner stained by many faults, have committed, / I confess it all to the guides. / Before my sins are purified, / I may well die; / therefore, please protect me swiftly / so that I may definitely be freed from this! / The unreliable Lord of Death / does not wait for what is done or left undone; / whether sick or healthy, / no one can rely on this fleeting life. / Leaving everything behind, I must depart; / not knowing this, / for the sake of friends and foes, / I committed various sins. / Foes will turn to nothing; / friends will turn to nothing; / I too will turn to nothing; / likewise, everything will turn to nothing. / Just as in the experience of a dream, / whatever thing is enjoyed / becomes merely an object of memory; / all that has passed away - [Previous: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.8) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.10) ## Translations (1) - [Bodhicaryāvatāra—Chapter 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-pearcey-2.p29) — Adam Pearcey 2007, English ## Linked texts (1) - [བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo.9) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.9) · Pramāṇa